When I was a child, my family had a donkey. We loved that donkey so much. We often rode it. This is a picture of my brother and me riding…
Today we read from John’s gospel. The gospel of John was written last, after the other 3 gospels were written and told. If alive at all, the witnesses would be…
This story is so familiar to many of us. It is one that must be told often. We want to read it and absorb it often. The story of two…
Here in the sanctuary, this past week we had a children’s chapel with the nursery school. I lead chapel for them every month. This month I decided to show on…
"Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. These were his instructions: "Take nothing for the journey…
I always liked the harmonies of the vocal group: The Temptations. Who could forget songs like “My Girl”. But of course, today we are not talking about a singing group.…
The gospel lesson suggestion for the Sunday before the season of Lent is always the transfiguration. We have many religious words. This is the only one I am aware of…
There is a TV show called Sweet Magnolias about a small town close knit community. When the character Bill Townsend they show his funeral. The pastor said he once told…
We have come into the presence of the holy of holies. The powerful, almighty God is in his temple. In both Isaiah and the gospel of Luke, the initial response…
Last week we read about the beginning of Jesus ministry in the gospel of John. This week we read about Jesus’ inaugural sermon in the gospel of Luke. This is…